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Anatomy of a wage theft: Australian businesses at risk of criminality

Written by Jarrod McGrath | Feb 2, 2025

The issue of wage theft has never been more prominent in Australia, with wage theft criminalisation laws now in effect.

I’ve spent a lot of time in the last few months working with companies to improve their workforce management systems to ensure their people are paid correctly, and it’s clear to me directors, boards, HR and payroll teams, HR compliance experts, and more need to sit down and take a good hard look at where they stand on this issue, and building traceability between negotiation, payment, and reconciliation.

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